I was reading the story of a leader who was doing all that he could to press on forward on the will of God. He stopped to ask for help and the people responded to him, “you are crazy! you won’t be able to do anyhting”. He didn’t care what these people said, to the contrary he turnes to them and told them, “if I finish what I have started, I will come back and let you eat your words”. He continue on the journey with all his people and came to a town and asked for help again, but for the second time they denied the help. The story says that they didn’t care about the response, “they were bone-tired but still pressing the pursit” He didn’t care what others were saying, he didn’t care if they didn’t have the means to survive……He believed! and even if they were bone-tired they still pressed the pursit.” This is the story of Gideon (Judges 
a man who didn’t believe in himself, a man who doubt about God’s intentions and asked for prubes, who got together a big army, but God reduced the army and he ended up with only 300 men. They pursited and they accomplished. am I ready to believe God is calling me to keep pressing the pursuit? even if I don’t have the means?, even if the people don’t believe in what we can become? YES!! may be I can doubt and try to prube God, may be people will try to stop me, may be I won’t have the ideal settings, but bone-tired I will still pressing the pursuit with the people God has separated for it.
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I am going to have to see the movie to make sure it is me…..I wonder….Este soy yo y voy a tener que ver la película para asegurarme….
I remembered something Erwin Mcmanus said in one book I am reading that really describes where I am and confirms what I posted yesterday. I would like to share it this morning, it comes from the book Soul Cravings, “We’re all afraid to expose our souls to those who might judge us, and at the same time, we desperately need help to guide us on this journey. If we’re not careful, we might find ourselves with everything this world has to offer and later find we have lost ourselves in the clutter. I invite you to engage in an exploration of the human spirit, to journey deep inside yourself and search out the mystery of the universe that exists within you. I don’t know how to prove God to you. I can only hope to guide you to a place where you and God might meet” I believe my purpose here is to invite you to a journey together so may be in the midst of that journey you can find Christ. I don’t want you to “pray the prayer” without having an encounter with Him. Let’s walk together, let’s learn together, let’s fail together, let’s cry together, let’s laugh together. Let me share with you how much my Father means to me, may be, one day you would like to meet him. If you haven’t read this book and your soul is craving for more, give it a try!!!
Recuerdo algo que Erwin Mcmanus dijo en un libro que estoy leyendo que describe un poco en donde me encuentro y reafirma lo que escribí el día de ayer. Me gustaría compartirlo esta mañana y viene del libro “Soul Cravings” que en español seria algo asi como, Los deseso del alma, ” Tenemos miedo de exponer nuestras almas a quienes posiblemente nos jusguen, y al mismo tiempo, necesitamos desesperadamente ayuda para que nos guíen en esta jornada. Si no tenemos cuidado podemos terminar con todo lo que este mundo tiene para ofrecernos y al final darnos cuenta que nos hemos perdido en el desorden. Te invito a que te metas a una exploración del espíritu humano, a una aventura en lo más profundo de tu ser y que puedas buscar el misterio del universo que existe en ti. Yo no se como te puedo comprobar acerca de Dios. Solamente puedo guiarte a un lugar donde tu y Dios puedan encontrarse” Yo creo que mi próposito es invitarte a una aventura, a una jornada y que lo hagamos juntos, para que así en medio de ésta jornada tu puedas encontrar a Cristo. No quiero que “hagas la oración” sin haber tenido un encuentro con Él. Caminémos juntos, apréndamos juntos, fracacemos juntos, lloremos juntos, vamos a reir juntos. Déjame compartir contigo lo mucho que mi Padre significa para mi, posiblemente algún día tú quieras conocerlo. Si no has leído este libro de animo a que lo hagas. Lamentablemente esta en inglés.
Yesterday after the Free Medical Clinic a friend invited me for a cup of coffee and he asked to pray to see if I can get direction from God on how to be more evangelistic during the clinics. I understood his heart because I come from that, but at the same time I tried to explain to him that we are already doing evangelism but may not the way he was raised. He looked at me and asked, -Miguel, are you leading people to Christ?
-What do you mean? I answered trying to get a better understanding of his question.
-well are you praying with them to lead them to Christ.
So I answered pointing my fingers to me and I said, – yes, I am leading them to Christ.
I saw that he was relieved….but then I added, -I am leading them to Christ with my life. I don’t have a call for the lost, I don’t have a call to condemn the sinner, I don’t have a call to bring to church the unchurched; I am called to invite people to join me into Christ’s journey, walking together so we can grow deeper in Him. I don’t know more than them; they don’t know less than me. We are walking together so they can find Him in the middle of their own journey. Life eternal is the gift given, Intimacy with Christ is my goal. I don’t want to lead people to “pray the payer” so they can have eternal life. I want them to found Christ and develop intimacy with Him. Erwin R. McManus says in his book The Barbarian Way, “When you hear the call, when you follow the call, you must recognize that it is a life-and-death proposition. It is not a cattle call. He is not calling you to the same life that everyone else will live. Your path is your and yours alone. Our goal must not be to populate the Christian religion but to bring people into a genuine relationship with God”
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